GEORGE HANNA – PARTNER

GEORGE HANNA – PARTNER

George Hanna is admitted as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of NSW, the High Court of Australia, the High Court of Auckland and is a Registered Migration Agent. George has wide ranging experience at a number of large corporate firms in Sydney prior to commencing GMH Legal.

George’s areas of expertise include Commercial Litigation in which he has represented a number of clients at the Supreme Court and District Court of NSW. George also has expertise in Commercial Property Law, including retail leases/licences, Franchising and Sale & Purchase of Businesses

Recent matters that George has undertaken include:

$5.5 million litigation in the NSW Supreme Court (Equity Division) over leasing and subleasing of a retail premises pursuant to the Retail Leasing Act;

NSW Supreme Court (Equity Division) litigation for the NSW Yachting Club in its decision to exclude members from its organisation;

$800,000 litigation in the NSW District Court and NSW Supreme Court (Equity Division) over supply of Pharmaceutical supplies;

Advising an up and coming Australian technology company (a tablet computer maker and designer) on its international IP protection strategy, assist it with international filing of trade marks and setting up of distribution networks in Australia and USA worth in excess of USD $200 million a year, focusing on the protection of its IP through both legal and practical means.

Advising a medium sized Australian technology company (a computer hardware and software designer specialising in artificial intelligence and imagine/facial recognition) on issues relating to software licensing and website content and copyright infringement.

Advising the Australian subsidiary of a Chinese conglomerate with a turnover in excess of USD $500 million on general commercial and branding protection issues, including filing and prosecution of a range of trade marks and sale of its furniture arm in South Australia.

Advising an international artists management company based in Australia and Singapore on branding and artist management issues and IP ownership and transition with respect to a partial dissolution.

Assisting Runping and Partners, Voson and other Chinese firms with filing of trade marks and patents in Australia and advise them on the prosecution of those trade marks and patents in Australia.

Advising an Australian wine maker on its comprehensive IP protection strategy including filing of a range of trade marks.

LILIAN SALEH – OFFICE MANAGER

LILIAN SALEH – OFFICE MANAGER

Lilian is the Cairo Office Manager with GMH Legal. Lilian has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the Mansoura University, and has previously worked as a Marketing Associate in the Marketing Department of a large multi-national company in Kuwait and in Egypt. She speaks fluent Arabic, English and French, and manages the Cairo office of GMH Legal, looking after the needs of our Egyptian based clients.